Fixing JavaScript Timezone Issues

Navigating timezone issues in JavaScript can be challenging, as illustrated by a problem encountered during the development of a parking booking app where Italian users' bookings were incorrectly stored due to timezone metadata automatically added by JavaScript's Date object. The core issue was that the app stored dates with unintended timezone conversions, resulting in a mismatch between the user's selected time and the stored time in the Neon-hosted database in the US. To resolve this, a plain date-time string without timezone information was created and sent to the API, ensuring that the exact time selected by users was stored accurately. The blog post, part of Neon's Community series, highlights how Neon’s seamless integration, scalability, and free plan for personal projects made it an ideal choice for the app's database needs, allowing the developers to focus on resolving the issue efficiently.